Hello you wonderful folks. A 419 scammer is using my identity for his scam operations to dupe unsuspecting people. This unscrupulous son-of-a-bitch is sending out scam emails in which he identifies himself as:

• George Appiah, a Ghanaian diplomat with millions of US$ stuck somewhere (huh!)
• who’s website is GeorgeAppiah.com
• with US telephone numbers 224-333-1700 and 646-862-3498

Sure, all that info are mine (except the diplomat thing and the millions, of course ) but no, I’m not a fraudster. Someone is simply using my identity for his 419 scam operations. And funny enough, I have personally received one of these email proposals from this “George Appiah”. A few folks have also forwarded to me emails they’ve received with same identity and similar millions of dollars proposals. And today yesterday I had a call from a gentleman in the United States — who has also got such a message.

How do I handle this? I don’t know. If you have any suggestions, kindly contact me. But please note that I am a Ghanaian living in Ghana so the Department of Homeland Stupidity Security (or whatever they call it) and all those US consumer protection institutions ares outside my reach.

In the meantime if you receive any such email, first know that this is definitely NOT from me, even if the sender’s address seem to be coming from my domain georgeappiah.com. Email headers can easily be faked. And then kindly forward a copy to me.

Thank you.